Sponsored by the International Mind Sports Association (IMSA), the World Mind Sports Games is an international multi-events games with the purpose to popularizing the sports and widening the influence of mind sports like bridge, chess, go, draughts and xiangqi.

In order to strengthen the Olympic family, the president of the International Mind Sports Games first proposed the idea of holding Mind Sports Olympic Games after the founding of IMSA in April, 2005. The International Olympic Committee supported this idea and hoped to firstly host a worldwide mind sports games to complement the vacancy that there was no international multi-events games for mind sports. Therefore, the 1st World Mind Sports Games was born.

The 1st WMSG is a multi-event game and for the first time in human history the five mind sports are integrated as one game. The five mind sports are: bridge, chess, go, draughts, and xiangqi, which have the longest history, the widest popularity and widest influence in the world. It is not only a creative pageant in the sport circle but also an abundant content and large scale exchange for the traditional culture of human being and wisdom. The successful holding the 1si WMSG will definitely further promote the development of mind sports in the world and will draw peoples attention to get to know, to love and to participate in the mind sports, creating a harmonious atmosphere of edifying wisdom, refining sentiment and pursuing a mental and physical harmony.